British Update: Boys’ and Girls’ (Annuals) Come Out to Play! Lion, Diana, Valiant, Judy, Beano and More

*Annuals: More of the ever-popular Annuals, traditionally given as Christmas gifts. In Humour, we have two early Beanos, from 1962 and 1964; in Boys’, the Dan Dare Space Annual from 1963, a pride of Lions from 1963 to 1966, the first Valiant Annual from 1964 and the Valiant Space Special, a softcover edition with all-new space-themed tales of Captain Hurricane, Kelly’s Eye, Wild Wonders and more. Rounding it out are new entries for the distaff side: Diana from the 1970s, with a couple of ‘Fabulous Four’ tales which were the prototypes for Spellbound’s popular ‘Supercats’ series; Judy from 1968 & 1969; June from 1963 and 1965 and Penelope from 1972, more of a traditional ‘girly comic’ than its earlier years, but still, at this stage, presenting stories of Lady Penelope from ‘Thunderbirds’ and Marina from ‘Stingray’. Illustrated are Beano 1964 VG/FN £70, Lion Annual 1966 FN £15, Valiant Space Special 1967 VG/FN £45 and Penelope 1972 FN/VF £12.50.